Each year the Barefoot Clan meets the first Sunday of August at the Sequoia Pavilion in the Windber Recreation Park, Windber, Pennsylvania. This blog will include the information from the newsletter: minutes, announcements, obituaries, social news, prize winners, etc., plus items of interest. Editor of the newsletter is Sylvia H. Sonneborn, assisted by Vicki Erdley, Betsy Hawthorne, and others.

Pledge of Allegiance, led by Mike BarefootWe sang America (My Country, Tis of Thee), led by Bille Ann Huff & Suzan HollistReading of deceased members by Betsy Hawthorne – Moment of silenceReading of 2009 minutes by Bobbie WoodleyMotion to accept minutes – Dorothy Barefoot, Second – Jennifer WoodleyReading of Treasurer’s report by Sylvia Sonneborn Motion to accept Mark Hott, Second Diane WhiteNewsletter donation is $4.00 There was discussion of raising donation to $5.00, this is to be voted on at next year’s reunion. Motion was made by Carol Scott to subsidize $ needed to cover printing and postage for next year’s newsletter(2011) There is a pdf CD available of the newsletter for a donation of $2.00. Also you can receive copies of older newsletters for a donation of $1.00 ea. Subscriptions for newsletters $184.00 Do we want full obituaries or just list of deceased family with dates published in newsletter?Motion to keep donation to Cemetery Assoc. @ Pleasantville Cemetery/Bob Felton at $120.00 – Carol Scott Second – Jim StrangeRecommendation to keep all officers as is, made by Nominating Committee (Carol Scott/Jim Strange)Motion to accept by Janet Robel, Second Mark Hott

We come into this world Barefoot, and we leave it Barefoot too.

We of the Barefoot Reunion Association welcome you to our genealogy site. For over 95 years we have met as a clan, and we have attempted to save some of the history of the Barefoots in Pennsylvania. We begin with James Barefoot and Mary "Polly" (Sleek/Slick) Barefoot in Bedford County, PA. From their large family we have thousands of descendants. One of the blogspots also takes you back to the history of Benjamin Barefoot and Rebecca Ross (James' parents) and also Sgt. William Slick/Sleek (Mary's parents). Along the side of this blogspot, you can click on links to 4 other blogspots. This one is the current one, featuring newsletters from the present. We hope you enjoy learning about our family. Join us for the family reunion the first Sunday of August at noon at the Sequoia Pavilion, Windber Recreation Park, Windber, PA. And yes, we do wear shoes!

About Me

I was born in Johnstown, PA, daughter of Coy and Elizabeth Krise Hott.
After completing high school at Central Cambria, Ebensburg, I attended Shippensburg State College. With a major in English and a minor in mathematics and general science, I was graduated from Shippensburg University. Presently I hold a BS and MEd in English. After graduation from college, I taught at Dallastown Area High School, Dallastown, PA. I stopped for a while when my son Patshal was born. After resuming my career, I taught English in Eastern York High School, Wrightsville, PA, for 35 years. I have only one son and a grandson. Now retired, I worked in public relations and family history. I was married to Patchel Landis from 1966-1980 (div); presently I am married to Jack Sonneborn from 1985-present. We have one cat- Dexter. We enjoy doing family history, and we frequently are presenters at genealogy conferences. I do a newsletter for the Barefoot Family and also a monthly genealogy newsletter with my husband Jack. Jack and I served a part-time mission, starting on 1 November 2009 as Family History Support Consultants for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.